Newborn, Matsa, Slate, Atkin, and Mittman at the 1st North American Computer Chess Championship, New York City, New York

Newborn, Matsa, Slate, Atkin, and Mittman at the 1st North American Computer Chess Championship, New York City, New York
Title:
Newborn, Matsa, Slate, Atkin, and Mittman at the 1st North American Computer Chess Championship, New York City, New York
Date:
1970
Credit Line:
Gift of Monroe Newborn
Accession:
102645353
Description:
Tournament organizers Monty Newborn and Ben Mittman (front) with ACM president Sam Matsa and David Slate. Larry Atkin looks on. From 1970 to 1994, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) hosted annual computer-to-computer chess tournaments to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas.